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John, safety is SOP for the WKPP - we have nothing to prove, as it has already been done for us by the "competition". Our real challenge this year is Turner Sink. We had been locked out for the last two years until we were able to come to an agreement with St Joe Paper. While Wakulla is adequate practice for the real thing in Leon Sinks, Turner Sink represents the next level: 290 on the roof in a strong sypon with no walls and noplace to decompress . We have also found Wakulla Beach Cave to be a rough one - both directions , and as we get closer to the Gulf in the System, including Wakulla, the syphons pick up and the vis gets worse. We have tricked out the Halcyons and are using multiple 2 1/2 hour scooters ( @ $250 per set of 50 amp batteries, not 8 grand ), but the bulk of what we will be doing is still "open circuit heroics" , good teamwork, and a lot of stamina. One precedent that has been set for us by the usdct is that we will no longer be tiptoing around trying to be discreet and missing work during the week begging for a chance to dive when conditions are correct and arguing with lifeguards and other "officials" about our proceedures after the usdct used mobile homes, barges, bells, chambers etc, fenced off the swim area and sat there for three months with their salamis in their hands- we will be diving wekends, and that will mean more of our team and more new players will be able to join us at all sites. Also, after watching these strokes roll the dice with a contempt for safety born of ignorance, desperation to be big shots, and stupidity, I am not going to answer to anyone on any of these issues ever again. These guys are all like 'possums crossing the road - many don't get hit, and that is the bet they are making. It is the Alfred E Newman strategy. Life is worthless when you don't have one , the common bond of the usdcters. John E. Ivanic NACD#1648 wrote: > > thanks again, and safe diving to all of you going back to Wakulla; Mind > them PO2's > > John Ivanic
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